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Preparation Manual
Section 4: Sample Selected-Response Questions History 7–12 (233)Expand All Answers | Collapse All Answers This section presents some sample exam questions for you to review as part of your preparation for the exam. To demonstrate how each competency may be assessed, sample questions are accompanied by the competency that they measure. While studying, you may wish to read the competency before and after you consider each sample question. Please note that the competency statements do not appear on the actual exam. For each sample exam question, there is a correct answer and a rationale for each answer option. The sample questions are included to illustrate the formats and types of questions you will see on the exam; however, your performance on the sample questions should not be viewed as a predictor of your performance on the actual exam. Domain I—World HistoryCompetency 001—(Ancient World Civilizations): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments in ancient world civilizations, factors influencing the development of ancient world civilizations and major characteristics and contributions of ancient world civilizations.1. The Punic Wars resulted in which of the following?
Competency 004—(World History from 1750 A.D. to the Present): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments in world history from 1750 A.D. to the present.2. Which of the following describes a position held by most Enlightenment thinkers?
3. The Taiping Rebellion in China (1850–1864) and the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) were similar in that the rebels in both cases attracted popular support for their cause mostly by promising
4. Which of the following conditions allowed for the First Industrial Revolution to take place in Great Britain?
Competency 005—(Geography and Culture in World History): The teacher understands geographic and cultural phenomena in world history and the influence of geographic and cultural factors on events and developments in world history.5. Ancient Mesopotamia experienced frequent invasions that often resulted in the conquest or collapse of existing states. Which of the following factors was responsible for facilitating that tendency?
6. In the period circa 1300–1500 A.D., Islam spread to Southeast Asia primarily through
7. In the second half of the twentieth century, the term "Green Revolution" was used to refer to
Competency 007—(Economics, Science and Technology in World History): The teacher understands major economic developments and systems in world history and the effects of important developments in science and technology on societies.8. One important factor in the expansion of the Inca Empire in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries A.D. was the Inca's
9. By the mid-1400s, silver coinage had replaced copper coinage and paper money as the primary means of exchange in Ming China. The change had which of the following long-term effects on the world economy?
Domain II—U.S. HistoryCompetency 008—(Exploration and Colonization): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments in the exploration and colonization of North America and the development of colonial society.Read the excerpt below from Bartolomé de Las Casas' A Short History of the Destruction of the Indies and answer the question that follows.
10. Which of the following best describes Bartolomé de Las Casas' primary purpose in the excerpt above?
11. Which of the following factors contributed most to population growth in the British North American colonies between 1700 and 1770?
Competency 009—(Revolutionary Era and the Early Years of the Republic): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments of the Revolutionary Era and the early years of the Republic, including the foundations of representative government in the United States.12. The United States Constitution as written in 1787 included an explicit provision for which of the following?
Competency 010—(Westward Expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments related to westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction.13. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and the Dred Scott decision similarly affected the United States because they both
Competency 011—(The United States as a World Power): The teacher understands significant historical events and developments related to the emergence and role of the United States as a world power and the effects of major decisions and conflicts on the United States.14. One Cold War policy initiated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration was
15. United States foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was primarily designed to
Competency 012—(Political, Economic and Social Developments from 1877 to the Present): The teacher understands significant political, economic and social developments in the United States from 1877 to the present.16. Which of the following established the practice of legally segregating White people from African Americans in the South after Reconstruction?
Competency 013—(Geography and Culture in U.S. History): The teacher understands geographic and cultural phenomena in U.S. history and the influence of geographic and cultural factors on events and developments in U.S. history.17. One significant finding of the data in the 1920 United States Census was that for the first time
18. In seventeenth-century North America, most British colonial settlements were located
Competency 014—(Government and Citizenship in U.S. History): The teacher understands important historical developments relating to government, the democratic process and civil rights in the United States.19. Which of the following ideas is contained in the Declaration of Independence?
20. Which of the following leaders is best known for urging African Americans to concentrate their efforts on improving their education and economic status rather than on an immediate struggle to achieve political and social equality?
Competency 015—(Economics, Science and Technology in U.S. History): The teacher understands major economic developments in U.S. history and the effects of important developments in science and technology on U.S. society.21. Which of the following statements best describes the impact that Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin had on large cotton plantations?
Domain III—Texas HistoryCompetency 016—(Exploration and Colonization): The teacher understands significant historical developments and events in Texas through the beginning of the Mexican National Era in 1821.22. José de Escandón played a different role than that of Francisco Hidalgo during the formation of early Spanish colonial Texas in that
23. The provisions of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 affected Texas by
Competency 017—(Independence, Statehood, Civil War Reconstruction and Aftermath): The teacher understands significant historical developments and events in Texas from 1821 to 1900.24. One of the reasons that Mexico granted Stephen F. Austin permission to start a colony in Texas was to
25. Which of the following contributed most to the eventual disappearance of long-distance cattle drives in Texas?
Competency 018—(Texas in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries): The teacher understands significant historical developments and events in Texas from 1900 to the present.26. Which of the following describes a major accomplishment of Oveta Culp Hobby?
27. Which of the following was one significant result of the Texas oil boom in the early twentieth century?
Domain IV—Foundations, Skills, Research and InstructionCompetency 020—(Sources of Historical Information; Interpreting and Communicating Historical Information): The teacher interprets diverse sources of historical information and uses various methods to communicate historical information.Use the information on the map below to answer the question that follows. The map is a snpashot of an area of the artic sea between japan 619 and England 1494. The map has 21 black plots making the travel of papermaking. The following is a description of those plots from right to left. Japan 619, Korea c a 600, Central China 100s B.C., Dunhuang 366 and later, Loulan 300s, Pendshikent 722-23, Samarkand before 700, Iran 700s, Baghdad c a 750, Damascus c a 900, Cairo/Fustat 900s, Fabriano 1268, Kairouan 1000s, Fez c a 1100, Jativa 1056, Moscow 1578, Poland 1491, Troyes 1328, Dordrecht 1322, England 1494, and finally pennsylvania 1690. The dates on the map show the first documented instance of papermaking at each location. 28. The map above illustrates the concept of
29. Which of the following graphic organizers is most useful for comparing and contrasting attributes of the North and the South in the period before the Civil War?
30. Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
Competency 022—(History Instruction and Assessment): The teacher understands the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in history; knows how to plan and implement effective history instruction, including helping students make interdisciplinary connections and develop relevant reading and writing skills; and knows procedures for assessing students’ progress and needs in history.31. A teacher who wishes to incorporate historiography into a history lesson should present students with a
32. After a lesson on vocabulary words about the United States government, which of the following instructional activities would best facilitate students' understanding of the term "separation of powers"?
AcknowledgmentsThe excerpt in question 10, from Bartolomé de Las Casas’ A Short History of the Destruction of the Indies, was adapted from the translation published by the National Humanities Center on their website, www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org. The information used to create the map for question 28 was derived from Dard Hunter, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1978. Which of the following statements accurately describes China's Taiping uprising 1850 1864?Which of the following statements accurately describes China's Taiping Uprising (1850-1864)? It was a radical rebellion influenced by a unique form of Christianity.
What describes the Taiping movement in China quizlet?A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. the period of Japanese history from 1867 to 1912, during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito.
What happened during the Taiping Rebellion quizlet?What was the Taiping Rebellion? - lasted for 14 years (1850-64) ruined 17 provinces and took an estimated 20 million lives. - by 1854 the following had reached 1 million and took Nanjing and made it their capital.
What was the effect of the Taiping Rebellion on China quizlet?What effect did the Taiping Rebellion have on China? It left China in shambles, with provinces devastated and 20 million Chinese killed.
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